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1. Edna St. Vincent Millay papers, 1830-2013

   45,000 items. 133 containers plus 12 oversize. 60 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet and writer. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary drafts, legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, theatrical playbills, reports, printed material, and family papers relating to Millay's life, family, and literary career.

2. John Fairfield correspondence, 1828-1876

   900 items. 6 containers. 1.8 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. senator and representative and governor of Maine. Principally letters from Fairfield to members of his family in Saco, Maine, while he was serving in Congress and as governor relating to personal and family affairs, politics, and life and society in Washington, D.C., and Augusta, Maine.

3. Melville Weston Fuller papers, 1794-1949

   5,000 items. 16 containers plus 1 oversize. 6.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and jurist; chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Chiefly correspondence, 1849-1910, between Fuller and members of his family, friends, and professional associates. Also includes printed matter, notes, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, and memorabilia. The papers relate to personal and family affairs; Fuller's student life at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; his activities in Chicago, including his law practice, Democratic politics, and his real estate holdings; his term on the Supreme Court; and his work on behalf of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, negotiations for shipping rights of Muscat dhows, 1905, the Venezuelan boundary dispute, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Peabody Education Fund.

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4. Waldo Peirce papers, 1889-1985

   9,350 items. 32 containers plus 1 oversize. 15.6 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist. Correspondence, diary, poetry, writings, legal papers, financial papers, photographs, personal items, and other papers, pertaining to the development of Peirce's artistic career and the social life of his mother, Anna Hayford Peirce.

5. Edward W. Washburn family papers, 1817-1934

   1,000 items. 9 containers plus 3 oversize. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chemist, civil servant, and educator. Diaries, correspondence, school material, notebooks, photographs, financial and military papers, genealogical records, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous documents pertaining to the family of Edward W. Washburn, mainly in Maine and Nebraska, including Edward’s parents, William Gilmor and Flora Ella Wight Washburn, and grandparents, George A. and Elizabeth Gilmor Washburn. Contains Civil War correspondence and military records of George A. Washburn as captain in the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment.

6. Edward S. Crocker II and Lispenard Seabury Crocker papers, 1892-2003

   3,800 items. 12 containers plus 2 oversize. 5 linear feet. 8 digital files (2.80 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Foreign service officer and his wife. Correspondence, films in digital format, photographs, memoranda from Tokyo Embassy prior to bombing of Pearl Harbor as well as a diary kept after the bombing recording daily activities while detained by Japan inside the embassy, and other papers related to postings, 1924-1941, in El Salvador, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Sweden, and family matters in New England and New York.

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7. Jeff Todd Titon collection, 1956-2016

   approximately 24,773 items. 6,300 documents. 43 document files (RTF, PDF, DOCX, TIFF): digital. 147 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 24 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. 277 sound cassettes : analog. 14 sound cassettes (microcassettes) : analog. 20 sound files (AIFF, MP3) : digital. 78 video tape reels : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. 37 videocassettes (VHS) : analog ; 1/2 in.. 22 videocassettes (Video8) : analog. 5 videocassettes (Hi8) : digital. 1 videocassette (U-matic) : analog. 1 videocassette (Betacam) : digital. 13 videocassettes (MiniDV) : analog. 6,109 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35mm. 864 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 120mm. 761 photographs : color transparencies (slides) ; 35mm. 497 photographs : film negatives, color ; 35mm. 93 photographs : film positives, black and white ; 35mm. 83 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 126 film. 32 photographs : film negatives, color ; 120mm. 30 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 3.5 x 2 in.. 9,322 photographs : digital, TIFF, JPG, PDF, PNG, CR2, PSD. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of field recordings, photographs, and related documentation from Titon's fieldwork for various projects including work on the Fellowship Independent Baptist Church in Stanley, Virginia, the life history of Reverend C.L. Franklin, and documentation of blues musicians.

8. Maine Acadian cultural survey collection, 1991

   8,016 items.. 8 containers : 2,800 manuscript materials.. 32 sound cassettes : analog.. 7 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.. ca. 5,080 photographs : color, black and white. ca. 50 drawings.. 5 videocassettes of 5 (VHS).. 42 disks.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection consists of sound and video recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, printed materials, correspondence, field notes, and administrative files documenting folklife--including architecture, music, dance, storytelling, material culture, and occupational culture--in the Upper Saint John River Valley on the Maine and New Brunswick border.

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